He could have looked over the papers in less than ten minutes. They presented their draft to the president, who looked it over, nodded and signed it. V P P n look over phrasal verb If you look something over, you examine it quite quickly in order to get a general idea of what it is like. Look 11 look out for phrasal verb If you look out for something, you pay attention to things so that you notice it if or when it occurs. V P n prep/advĮmployers look favourably on applicants who have work experience. V P n as nĪ lot of people look on it like that. V P look on, look upon phrasal verb If you look on or look upon someone or something in a particular way, you think of them in that way.Ī lot of people looked on him as a healer.
V P -ing/n look on phrasal verb If you look on while something happens, you watch it happening without taking part yourself.Ībout 150 local people looked on in silence as the two coffins were taken into the church. He had once looked into buying his own island off Nova Scotia. V P P n look into phrasal verb If a person or organization is looking into a possible course of action, a problem, or a situation, they are finding out about it and examining the facts relating to it. Motor traders are looking forward to a further increase in vehicle sales. V P P n look forward toĢ phrasal verb If you say that someone is looking forward to something useful or positive, you mean they expect it to happen. I wasn't successful, so they looked down on me. V P look down on phrasal verb To look down on someone means to consider that person to be inferior or unimportant, usually when this is not true. Looking back, I am staggered how easily it was all arranged. V P look back phrasal verb If you look back, you think about things that happened in the past.
I'm going to look around and see what I can find. In BRIT, also use look round If you look around or look round a building or place, you walk round it and look at the different parts of it. I'm trying to look ahead at what might happen and be ready to handle it. Synonyms for see it through include grin and bear it, keep at it, stick it out, carry on, hang in there, keep going, persevere, persist, put up with it and soldier on. V P n look ahead phrasal verb If you look ahead, you think about what is going to happen in the future and perhaps make plans for the future. the farm manager who looks after the day-to-day organization. 2 phrasal verb If you look after something, you are responsible for it and deal with it or make sure it is all right, especially because it is your job to do so.